Introduction / Summary (2018): Hello and welcome to our
Sexuality pages. While this is not a pornographic site, it is provocative - founded upon
what people search on the Internet (which is very interesting!). We then
relate this to our biological and cultural evolution.
Sex is obviously important to people - and if you want to improve your sexual
relationships then knowing the truth about our human evolution is the best
foundation. By opening our minds to a greater diversity of behaviors, this
knowledge will help you creatively cultivate healthy pleasurable moral
attitudes and sexy smutty relationships (free from religious
guilt & cultural myths).
Support an open honest discussion on the truth of our sexual evolution and behaviour. If you support sex positive,
moral, informed sexual behaviour please share this knowledge. (These pages
have a diverse collection of fascinating information relating to our human
sexual evolution so people will appreciate it - see our 'nice letters' page!).
Sincerely, Karene.

"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce." (Voltaire) - "Desire is the essence of a man." (Spinoza)

We have collected some very interesting information on the evolution of
female sexual behavior. This is one of our first significant discoveries
(connection of ideas / knowledge) so it is exciting to see how research
in different areas combines to clearly show certain aspects of our evolved
sexual instincts.

A women is a combination of her biological evolution and her own creative
cultivation (social / cultural construction). We encourage creativity -
but with the harmony that comes from true foundations. As we see things
this reflects the beauty of philosophy, the wisdom we derive from knowing
the truth about things.

Below you will find a nice collection of articles (with summary and link
to site) that are interesting and relevant to a women's sexual evolution.
We hope you enjoy them - and use this knowledge in beautiful, creative ways!

Karene

On Promiscuity and Female Sexual Evolution

The evidence from evolution seems overwhelming that women have evolved
a diversity of sexual strategies, all with the aim of getting the 'best'
sperm based upon her position within the tribe.
Rather than being derogatory to women, this research shows how diverse,
intelligent and complex women's sexual behavior is. And educating us to
creative ways to cultivate these evolved instincts and behaviors (in nice
moral ways!).
While this may be a monogamous coupled relationship, as the research below
shows, it is clear that there are many other strategies available to a woman
as well.

* Paternity confusion (children evolved to look more like their mothers,
less chance of infanticide, males provide more help & food for raising
young).

* Women can have multiple orgasms (unlike men).

* The woman's vagina is lubricated only at the beginning of sex - seminal
fluid also acts as a lubricant.

* Many animal species, including primates are promiscuous.

All in all the evidence is conclusive. Females have evolved to be promiscuous
as one common strategy in their ancestry. And this diversity of behaviour
is also shared by the males, creating a wonderfully rich and complex tapestry
of sexual behaviours and strategies.

For generations, biologists had assumed females to be naturally chaste,
while males were renowned for their promiscuity. Now, hundreds of studies
and a spate of books are challenging that conventional wisdom.
Females of many species have evolved strategies for passing on their genes
that involve copulating with multiple males. Males, in turn, have adapted
ways to ensure that their genes, and not those of competitors, are passed
on. Understanding this co-evolution is changing our view of male and female
sex roles.

Human Evolution: A History of Sex

Evidence that people have been promiscuous for a long time

Lotharios everywhere will be pleased to hear that monogamy does not appear
to be a natural human state. That, at least, is the conclusion of a study
conducted by Michael Hammer at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and
just published in Nature Genetics. By examining the DNA of living people,
Dr Hammer and his colleagues have found that far fewer men than women pass
their genes on to subsequent generations.

Women have Evolved Strategies to get the Best Sperm

* This leads to a diversity of behaviour - from one partner to many. While
there is still a lot to research to do, it is very likely that there are
further subtle selection processes going on within the woman's body such
that it allows the sperm with the best genetic structure to make its way
through the vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes - that long journey
to its goal, the egg, and life!

A likely example is that we have evolved to find the scent of people with
different immune systems to our own more attractive. Likewise it is likely
that the woman's body has the ability to select this on the actual genetic
structure of the sperm within her body - with the aim of allowing those
that provide the most diverse immune system for her offspring.

There is much more to study and write up - these are some early thoughts.

Orgasm in Women Increases Chance of Conception

On the Evolution of Menopause in Females

Why do women go through menopause?

The answer lies in the fact that evolution works on the principle of the
survival of our offspring. Or more completely, the survival of our offspring's
offspring. i.e. The perpetuation of the species over many generations. So
we find that at a certain age it is better for our survival for the woman
to become infertile.

Pregnancy Sickness: Aversion to Toxins, HCG Hormone

An academic essay which argues that pregnancy sickness (food aversions,
nausea, vomiting in first trimester) evolved during the course of human
evolution to protect the embryo against maternal ingestion of toxins abundant
in natural foods.

https://www.as.ua.edu/ant/bindon/ant570/Papers/Edwards.htm

Breastfeeding Health Benefits & Statistics

From the website: 'Breastfeeding has increasingly been recognised as the
optimal form of infant feeding (WHO 2001). Research has provided evidence
that breastfeeding increases a baby's resistance to infection and disease
and is well suited to the growth and requirements of the infant (Marks et
al. 2001).

Positive implications for women's health have also been recognised. Breastfeeding
helps a mother's body recover to its pre-pregnant state more quickly, and
lactation protects against premenopausal breast cancer and osteoporosis
(ABA 2003). Psychological benefits between a mother and an infant when breastfeeding,
encouraging close bonds, have also been recognised.'

Breast Feeding in the U.S. and Worldwide

Kellymom.com is a wonderful website on breastfeeding and parenting. It
has a great collection of research articles on breastfeeding trends. i.e.
What percentage of moms breast feed their babies? How long do they breastfeed?
Is breastfeeding declining in our modern world? Informative and intriguing
statistics from around the world.

The Red Web Foundation: Positive Menstrual Health

From the website: 'The Red Web Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated to supporting a positive societal view of girls' and women's bodies
and menstrual cycles from first menstruation (called menarche) through menopause.

The Clitoris: Female Pleasure, Health & Education

From their website: 'The clitoris is the key to sexual pleasure for the
majority of women. A good understanding of the clitoris is essential to
the sexual health and emotional happiness of women. This website has been
created to provide a healthy and open forum for the discussion and dissemination
of information about the clitoris, and female sexuality as a whole.'

Female Hormones: Estrogens

From the website: 'Estrogens are the sex hormones produced primarily by
a female's ovaries that stimulate the growth of a girl's sex organs, as
well as her breasts and pubic hair. Estrogens also regulate the functioning
of the menstrual cycle ... and are important in maintaining the condition
of the vaginal lining and producing vaginal lubrication.'

Orgasms & Sexual Arousal in Women: A Study of Cardiovascular and Endocrine
Alterations

This study investigated the cardiovascular, genital, and endocrine changes
in women after masturbation induced orgasm.
Sexual arousal and orgasm produce a distinct pattern of neuroendocrine alterations
in women, primarily inducing a long-lasting elevation in plasma prolactin
concentrations. These results concur with those observed in men.

Strong Response to Erotic Pictures in both Male & Female Brains

A new study suggests the brain is quickly turned on and 'tuned in' when
a person views erotica. When volunteers viewed erotic pictures, their brains
produced electrical responses that were stronger than those elicited by
other material that was viewed (no matter how pleasant or disturbing). This
difference in brainwave response emerged very quickly, suggesting that different
neural circuits may be involved in the processing of erotic images. Women
had responses as strong as those seen in men.

On Female Sexuality: Sex, Desire, Drugs & Research

Though the situation is improving, science knows far too little about women’s
sexual function. And government is mounting precious few studies to find
out. When I looked for clinical trials related to female sexuality being
sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, I found exactly two and
they were related to the effects of cancer treatment. And yet, according
to a recent study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, nearly half of all women suffer from some sexual problem.
Many suffer from more than one.

Female Health Problems: Premenstrual Syndrome

'Premenstrual syndrome' is the collective name given to a variety of physical
and psychological symptoms that may appear a few days before a woman’s
menstrual period. The underlying causes of PMS are hormonal changes in the
woman’s body, but why and how they produce particular symptoms is
unclear.

Analyse
any human emotion, no matter how far it may be removed from the sphere of
sex, and you are sure to discover somewhere the primal impulse, to which
life owes its perpetuation. ... The primitive stages can always be re-established;
the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.
... Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice,
his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a
complicated civilisation. It is the result of the conflict between our instincts
and our culture. (Sigmund Freud)

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